If there is a flood in the country, Patna is most in danger, read this shocking report from experts – floods in India, Patna is the most dangerous and most prone area in Muzaffarpur and West Champaran also in the list iit expert report – .

Patna/New Delhi : According to the District Level Flood Severity Index (DFSI) developed by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and IIT-Roorkee, the worst floods in India occur in Patna, followed through Murshidabad in West Bengal and Thane in Maharashtra. . The index takes into account historical flood severity based on the number of people affected, the prevalence of the flood and its duration. The researchers said the ten districts with the highest flood severity are Patna, Murshidabad, Thane, North 24 Parganas (West Bengal), Guntur (Andhra Pradesh), Nagpur (Maharashtra), Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Ballia (Uttar Pradesh). , East Champaran (Bihar) and East Medinipur (West Bengal).

Muzaffarpur also in danger zone!

Il a dit qu’après cela Muzaffarpur (Bihar), Lakhimpur (Assam), Kota (Rajasthan), Aurangabad (Maharashtra), Malda (Occidental Bengal), Rajkot (Gujarat), Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh), Aurangabad (Bihar), Bahraich (Uttar Pradesh), Ahmedabad (Gujarat), Jalpaiguri (Occidental Bengal), Darjeeling (Occidental Bengal), Dibrugarh (Assam), Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh), Chamoli (Uttarakhand), West Champaran (Bihar), Amravati (Maharashtra), Medinipur Ouest (Bengal occidental) and Samastipur (Bihar). Chamoli, dans l’Uttarakhand, ne connaît pas d’inundations fréquentes, mais en raison de certaines inundations isólées extremely destructive, Chamoli a également été inscrite sur cette liste.

“17 of the 30 most dangerous districts are in the Ganges basin”

Other researchers, including Manabendra Saharia, assistant professor at IIT-Delhi, said that of the 30 districts facing the highest flood risk, 17 are in the Ganga basin and three in the Brahmaputra basin. He said that among all Indian river basins, the Ganges is the most populated and the high risk of flooding there is a concern. Assam experiences the highest number of floods in India. The state has faced more than 800 floods in the past 56 years.

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The researchers said that despite India’s population increase, human mortality from floods has remained almost stable or declined in recent times due to better management. The number of deaths has hovered around 1,000 per year since 2015, according to the data.